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***Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies ***
Special issue on

          JOURNALISM AND NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES

Convergence  4, no 4 (Winter 1998) is seeking research papers about 
journalism and new media technologies. Authors are invited to submit 
original research on topics related to the effects of changes in 
information delivery systems on news or on news workers, organisations 
and audiences. In addition, contributions to a debates section, features 
reports, and reviews of books or other materials on the same range of 
topics also are sought.

This issue will be guest-edited by Dr. Jane B. Singer of Colorado State 
University, USA. E-mail: jsinger@vines.colostate.edu

The deadline for submission of research manuscripts is 30 April, 1998. 
Contributors to other sections will be commissioned based on proposals 
submitted. The deadline for proposals is 15 January, 1998; the copy 
deadline for these sections is 15 May, 1998.

Authors should submit three hard copies of their manuscripts -- typed, 
double-spaced, with one-inch margins and pages numbered consecutively -- 
plus a disk copy (IBM WordPerfect compatible or ASCII format). Research 
articles should be no more than 9,000 words in length. Debates and 
feature reports generally are around 3,000 words or less; reviews 
usually are about 1,000 words each.

Convergence uses a version of MLA style; style sheet and details as well 
as the contents of back issues can be found at the journal's Web site: 
www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence.

Submissions should be accompanied by: 
o	A separate sheet listing each author's name, institution, mailing 
address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. 
o	A 150-word abstract. 
o	A list of keywords related to the article. 
o	A 50-word biography of each author. 
Completed research papers or proposals for articles for the Winter 1998 
issue should be sent to: 

     Jane B. Singer
     Guest editor, Convergence
     C-237 Clark Building
     Department of Journalism and Technical Communication
     Colorado State University
     Fort Collins, CO 80523-1785
     USA
     Telephone: (970) 491-7330
     Fax: (970) 491-2908
     E-mail: jsinger@vines.colostate.edu

Further information:

Convergence, which is published quarterly in paper form, is a refereed 
academic journal that addresses the creative, social, political and 
pedagogical issues raised by the advent of new media technologies. Its 
approach is interdisciplinary. As a research journal, it provides a 
forum both for monitoring and exploring developments and for publishing 
vital research in this emerging field.

The principal aims of Convergence are:

o	To develop critical frameworks and methodologies that enable the 
reception, consumption and impact of new technologies to be evaluated in 
their domestic, public and educational contexts.
o	To contextualise the study of those new technologies within existing 
debates in media studies and to address specific implications of the 
increasing convergence of media forms.
o	To monitor the conditions of emergence of new media technologies, 
their subsequent mass production and the development of new cultural 
forms.
o	To promote discussion and analysis of the creative and educational 
potentials of those technologies, and to contextualise those cultural 
practices within wider cultural and political debates.

The Editorial Board:
AUSTRALIA: Rebecca Coyle (Macquarie University), Ross Harley (University 
of New South Wales), Philip Hayward (Macquarie University).
CANADA: Micheline Frenette (Universite de Montreal), Will Straw (McGill 
University).
EUROPE: Roy Ascott (University of Wales, College of Newport), Colin 
Beardon (University of Plymouth), Luke Hockley (University of Luton), 
Sadie Plant (University of Warwick), Jeremy Welsh (Trondheim Academy of 
Fine Art, Norwegian University of Science and Technology).
HONG KONG: Lorne Falk (Knowledge Architect), Heidi Gilpin (University of 
Hong Kong).
JAPAN: Machiko Kusahara (Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics).
USA: Jay David Bolter (Georgia Institute of Technology), Steve Jones 
(University of Illinois, Chicago), George Landow (Brown University), 
Margaret Morse (University of California-Santa Cruz).

Our aims are supported by Will Bell (The Arts Council of England), Mike 
Crump (Centre for the Book, British Library, UK), Donna Haraway 
(University of California Santa Cruz, USA), David Hancock (Eurimages, 
France), Sara Diamond (Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada) and Bruce 
Sterling (author, USA).

For submissions on other topics and general information about the 
journal, please contact:

     Julia Knight or Alexis Weedon
     Editors, Convergence
     School of Media Arts
     University of Luton
     75 Castle Street
     Luton, LU1 3AJ. UK
     Telephone: + 44 1582 734111
     Fax: + 44 1582 489014
     E-mail: Convergence@luton.ac.uk
     Web: www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence

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Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies

Convergence is a paper journal. For further information and details of 
back issues see our web site at http://www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence

The copyright of all articles, papers, reports and reviews published 
in Convergence rests with John Libbey Media at the University of Luton 
Press.  Any author(s) wishing to have their published text reproduced 
elsewhere should seek the necessary permission via the Editors.

Edited by Julia Knight and Alexis Weedon
Department of Media Arts, 
University of Luton, 
75 Castle Street, 
Luton. LU1 3AJ. 
Editorial e-mail: Convergence@luton.ac.uk
Tel: +44 1582 489031/489144. Fax: +44 1582 489014. 

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